RickR Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Anybody planning on jumping to Windows 10 when it comes out? I just got a "free upgrade" offer, in the tray of all places. I am of course reluctant to be one of the MS guinea pigs, but am always interested to learn about new stuff. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted June 1, 2015 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted June 1, 2015 I have been using Windows 10 Technical Preview for the last few months with great success on a few test machines. Official support for Win10 will be announced here and on the kbase when it is officially released by Microsoft (which should be July 29th, last I saw) but I would not expect any nasty surprises, compatibility with everything created after the Windows 7 era seems very solid and I have been able to run Vectorworks 2015 on Win10 without issue. THAT SAID - Any time a new OS is released, there can be unforeseen snags and delays in patches to correct them from first or third part developers. If you have ONE machine that you rely on for work and have no ability to roll back or move to another machine in the event of catastrophic failure, then my personal recommendation is to remain with your current, working OS and wait for the early adopters to chime in first. I will work to make any and all information regarding Windows 10 compatibility available as soon as possible. Quote Link to comment
RickR Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 Exactly what I hoped to hear from you. Anyone else have thoughts? Quote Link to comment
Mickey Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Exactly what I hoped to hear from you. Anyone else have thoughts? I have lots of thoughts. W8.1 was a disastrous POS. W10 is supposed to be leaps and bounds better. I have read good reviews of it, but I'm really hesitant to jump right in for fear of compatibility with various hardware software ect ... I have a design jet 1050 plotter and I worry about drivers. W10 is supposed to be a free upgrade for the first year. I think I will wait awhile to see how things settle. I'm do for a new destktop machine next year so I'll probably start with the new machine on W10, and when I'm satisfied I'll upgrade my laptop. Quote Link to comment
Bas Vellekoop Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Any notes on windows 10 and VW? I installed it on my old/hobby pc, but not on my work-pc. Is it 'safe' to install it? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted July 29, 2015 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted July 29, 2015 The official word at the moment: http://kbase.vectorworks.net/questions/1332/Tech+Bulletin%3A+Microsoft+Windows+10 Once full testing has been completed to our satisfaction, there will be another updated announcement. Quote Link to comment
Bas Vellekoop Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Ok, thanks for the update! Quote Link to comment
jamesmise Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Running VW 2015 fine on Windows 10 for 2 days. But now my navigation palette is blank. Classes - blank Layers - blank Sheet Layers - numbered but no titles Viewports - listed but with no titles Saved Views - Blank References - Blank Quote Link to comment
jamesmise Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Update to the above. I rolled back Windows 10 to Windows 7 which was easy. Took about 30 minutes. However my navigation palette is still blank. I should have heeded the Vectorworks warning to not upgrade in the middle of a project. Windows 10 looked really good. Just this annoying little problem. Does anyone know what little file I might delete so the Navigation palette would be rebuilt? Jim Quote Link to comment
jamesmise Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Fixed thanks to a thread elsewhere. The columns on the palette had gotten resized to 0. Have to slowly grab the top left corner of the first column and drag it to the right. Do this for each column. Rolled back to Windows 7 and Reinstalled VW for NOTHING! Quote Link to comment
mark@custom Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Thanks for posting this! Who knew that the columns in the Navigation Palette could re-size themselves and that they could be manually fixed? Yes, I re-installed VWX twice in hopes of fixing this. Best, Mark Barnett Quote Link to comment
Andy Broomell Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Any further word on Windows 10 as it relates to Vectorworks? I haven't heard any horror stories so I'm guessing there shouldn't be any issues? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted February 3, 2016 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted February 3, 2016 As of SP2 I have not had any users with problems unless their hardware didn't support Win10 directly. This happened with a lot of older graphics cards but wasn't related to Vectorworks. I've now personally been using Win10 as well and its a great improvement over 8.1. Quote Link to comment
Dieter @ DWorks Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 I always use the latest Windows, never had any problems related to Windows with Vectorworks. Quote Link to comment
Ozzie Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 @Dieter, Were you using your Mac when you posted three times here On Windows 10 also and just like W 8 and W 8.1 it is cool D Quote Link to comment
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